Found 2 items, similar to thatch.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: thatch thatch v : cover with thatch; “thatch the roofs” thatch n 1: hair resembling thatched roofing material 2: plant stalks used as roofing material 3: an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) [syn: Teach, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard] 4: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) [syn: thatched roof ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thatch Thatch \Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching.] [From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. ?eccean to cover.] To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain. [1913 Webster] Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [thorn][ae]c a roof; akin to [thorn]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [thorn]ak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. st[=o]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. ?, ?, a roof, ? to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga.] 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. [1913 Webster] Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]